FunkyHiFi
05-16-2005, 11:32 PM
Read about it here: "MusicGiants 'First Company to Offer High-Fidelity Downloads'": (http://stereophile.com/news/051605musicgiants/)
"If you download music from commercial sites, you're mostly getting files compressed to 128kbps—although BuyMusic does have a limited number of files at 256kbps—but we're running between 470 and 1100kbps. Most of our material has been digitally remastered and runs right around 1000kbps or more. When you log onto our site, you can always check the data rate of the files with our [on-screen] fidelity meter that shows you the bit rate of whatever you are listening to.
And judging by the prices this will be the Mercedes of the DL biz! :)
Personally, I'd rather just buy the CD from a store: it will have all the artwork and it will be a regular CD so it will always play compared to the guessing game that can happen with certain brands of CD-Rs and/or burners.
"If you download music from commercial sites, you're mostly getting files compressed to 128kbps—although BuyMusic does have a limited number of files at 256kbps—but we're running between 470 and 1100kbps. Most of our material has been digitally remastered and runs right around 1000kbps or more. When you log onto our site, you can always check the data rate of the files with our [on-screen] fidelity meter that shows you the bit rate of whatever you are listening to.
And judging by the prices this will be the Mercedes of the DL biz! :)
Personally, I'd rather just buy the CD from a store: it will have all the artwork and it will be a regular CD so it will always play compared to the guessing game that can happen with certain brands of CD-Rs and/or burners.